Day: August 21, 2008

WAIST DEEP

Production Company: Focus Features/ Intrepid Pictures/ Radar Pictures Inc. Studio: Focus Features/ Rogue Pictures Cast: Tyrese Gibson as O2, Tommy Abate as Gas Station Clerk, Paul Terrell Clayton as Clifford Barnes, The Game as Meat, Carla Golian as Streetwalker, Meagan Good as Coco, Paul Lindsay as Driver, Earl Minfield as Bank Manager, Laura Miro as ….

THX 1138

George Lucas’s most grown-up piece of work is, oddly enough, his first feature from 1971, the instant classic of dystopic angst, THX 1138, inaugurating a steady reversal of artistic maturity that would culminate in the cartoonish Star Wars sequels; which is maybe where he wanted to end up all along. An angry, idealistic film that ….

THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (EHE DER MARIA BRAUN, DIE)

Genre: DRAMA / ROMANCE Release Dates: 1979 Production Company: Albatros Produktion / Fengler FilmsFilmverlag der Autoren / Tango Film / Trio Film / Westdeutscher Rundfunk Synopsis:The Marriage of Maria Braun follows the life of a young German woman named Maria Braun (Hanna Schygulla), married to a former soldier (Klaus Lowitsch) in the waning days of ….

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Genre: DRAMA Release Dates: DECEMBER 15, 2004 Trailers: Quicktime Trailer (hi-res) (med-res) (lo-res) Official Websites: milliondollarbabymovie.warnerbros.com Production Company: Malpaso Productions / Lakeshore Entertainment / Albert S. Ruddy Productions Synopsis:Boxing trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time, every since a painful estrangement from ….

MINDHUNTERS

Genre: THRILLER / ACTION / HORROR Release Dates: MAY 13, 2005 Trailers: Quicktime Trailers Windows Media Trailers Official Websites: www.mindhunters-thefilm.com Taglines For seven elite profilers, finding a serial killer is a process of elimination. Their own. Quarter to Death They are America’s best. Their identities are protected. Their missions are highly classified. Can they survive ….

INTO THE BLUE

Genre: ACTION / THRILLER Release Dates: SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 Trailers Windows Media Trailer HI LOW Real Media Trailer HI LOW Official Websites: IntoTheBlue-Movie.com Production Company: Mandalay Pictures Synopsis:Into the Blue is a high-stakes thriller set in the deep, shark-infested waters of the Bahamas. When four young divers discover a legendary shipwreck rumored to contain millions ….

Just Like Heaven

Genre: ROMANCE / COMEDY Release Dates: SEPTEMBER 16, 2005 Trailers: Quicktime trailer Official Websites justlikeheaven-themovie.com www.dreamworks.com Taglines: It’s a wonderful afterlife. Production Company: MacDonald/ Parkes Productions Synopsis From Mark Waters, the director of Mean Girls and Freaky Friday, comes the new romantic comedy Just Like Heaven, starring Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde, Vanity Fair) and Mark ….

Deja Vu

Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Romance Release Dates: November 22, 2006 Trailers: Quicktime Trailer Large Medium Small Official Websites: dejavu.movies.com Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Scott Free Productions Synopsis:An ATF agent travels back in time to save a woman from becoming a murder victim, falling in love with her during the process. ….

WORDPLAY

Production Company: Grinder Productions/ O’Malley Creadon Productions Studio: IFC Films/ The Weinstein Company Cast: Judie Berger, Leslie Billig, Dr. Selmer Bringsjord, Katherine Bryant, Kathrine Bryant, Ken Burns, Bill Clinton, Neal Conan, Stella Daily, Jon Delfin, Joy Dewing, Bob Dole, Brian Dominy, Nancy Ellwood, Nancy Ellwood Fasulo, Vic Fleming, Liane Hansen, Doug Heller, Tyler Hinman, Jim ….

Dead Man’s Shoes

Genre: THRILLER Release Dates: MAY 12, 2006 Trailers: Quicktime Trailer Official Websites: Official site Taglines: He’s in all of us. Production Company: Warp Films / Big Arty Productions Synopsis:A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago. Crew: Shane Meadows (director and screenwriter); Paddy ….

To Catch a Thief film review

Alfred Hitchcock went a little soft in 1955, giving Cary Grant a largely throwaway role as a reformed cat burglar living incognito in the south of France. Hitch would really put Grant through the ringer in 1959’s North by Northwest. Here, though, Grant’s enjoying a day in the sun – and night – as he ….

THE WICKER MAN

Production Company: Millenium Films/ Alcon Entertainment/ Saturn Films Studio: Warner Brothers Cast: Nicolas Cage as Edward Maulis, Ellen Burstyn as Sister Summersisle, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski as Honey, Kate Beahan as Willow Woodward, Paul Becker as Bee Keeper, Christa Campbell as Donna, Frances Conroy as Dr. Moss, Diane Delano as Sister Beech, Erika-Shaye Gair as ….

DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE

Genre: MARTIAL ARTS / ACTION / ADVENTURE Release Dates: December 8, 2006 Trailers: Windows Media Trailer Official Websites: Official site (DE) Taglines: You’re Invited. Wanna Play? Alone they are unbeatable… Together they are invincible They have the looks… That KILL Production Company: Constantin Film / Mindfire Entertainment Synopsis:The movie adaptation of the best selling video ….

Undercover Brother film review

The Blaxploitation films of the 1970s starred relatively unknown black actors playing new kinds of male and female superheroes that had all of the style, funk, and butt-stomping moves to tackle any foe. With the exception of the Samuel L. Jackson’s remake of Shaft and Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, very few films in this genre ….

Kings Ransom

Genre: COMEDY / CRIME Release Dates: APRIL 22, 2005 Trailers: Quicktime High-Res Med-Res Low-Res Official Websites: www.kingsransommovie.com newline.com Taglines: Big Man. Big Plan. Big Mistake. Production Company: Alter Ego Entertainment / Catch 23 Entertainment Synopsis: Anthony Anderson stars as Malcolm King, a wealthy and arrogant businessman whose ex-wife to be has plans to take him ….